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D. KusswurmModern X86 Assembly Language Programminghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9603-5_5

5. AVX Programming – Scalar Floating-Point

Daniel Kusswurm1  
(1)
Geneva, IL, USA
 

In the previous three chapters, you studied core x86-64 assembly language topics including integer arithmetic, bitwise logical operations, memory addressing modes, condition codes, and elementary programming constructs. You also learned essential details regarding assembly language source code semantics and syntax. In this chapter, you’ll discover how to use the AVX instruction set to perform scalar floating-point calculations. The first section encompasses three source code examples ...

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